13 dead in China bus accident

Shanghai News.Net
Saturday 31st July, 2010

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At least 13 people were killed and nine injured after a bus fell off a cliff Saturday evening in southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities said.

The bus carrying 22 people lost control and crashed the guardrail before falling off the 8.5-metre-high cliff in Xuanhan County, Xinhua reported.

Eleven people died at the scene while two others succumbed to injuries at a hospital.

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